https://www.bbc.com/sport/winter-sports/67926417
This past July was the hottest month every recorded. July 2024 essentially tied with July 2023 has the hottest periods in modern history. July was the 14th straight month that Earth set a new warmth record for that month in both NASA and NOAA’s data, a streak that started in June 2023.
The September 2024 Artic sea ice minimum was 19% lower (1.1 million km2) than the past 30 year average. This was the 7th lowest recorded in satelitte era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuwOwqzT6rk
Due to its dramatic impact on the human ability to grow food, the Haber process served as the “detonator of the population explosion”
Anthropocene Epoch: http://www.anthropocene.info/great-acceleration.php
Linking socio-economic trends to earth system changes post-1950
Countries with darker colors have greater potential for climate resiliency
Affluence = an abundant supply of money, goods, property, wealth